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The Grand Barony of Voltar was founded on the 1st of May 2011 by William Geoffery Harwar Keating. Orignally called the Commonwealth of Voltar this Non-terrotiral Micronation is a monarchy known as a Barony and is one of the first nations to call itself a Sixth world nation; a Sixth World nation is the term for a micronation less then 4 year old that is serious about being an inderpendent state but could easily fall by simple means like the old reason of throwing in the towl, or family means of the ruler or simply revolution to bring do the government or the arrest of the ruler.

Ethymology

The name was just made up from an abandoned project he was doing before the Baron even knew about Micronations.
The Project in question was something known the "Alpha Mass" a series of Sci-Fi stories losely based off the "Teen Titans", the word was to appear in the 3rd/4th book of the series where the guorp are in an alterentive universe, it was the name of what would have been an alterentive version of Russia song by a sroucer, in a section based apon the song "Dark of the Night" from the 1997 Don Bluth film "Anasatia".
The Baron had orignal started the idea in late 2008 and was initally dropped in 2009 as the Baron had reached a mental block, the idea was recovered in 2010 when the word Voltar appeared but was dropped again as the Baron went on to do other works.

History and Infromation

Internal History

This micronation was set up by William Geoffrey Harwar Keating on the 1st of May 2011 in his house in Peterborough. The Orignal Name of this nation was the Commonwealth of Voltar, a Commonwealth in the Thresaus is another word for Republic, the Baron's orignal title of the Baron was a Magent (Ma-ag-ne-T) which in the Thresaus was another word for President, after a while he became a Baron and stated he was a monarch, but the full title was still the Commonwealth of .... and how could you have a monarch of a republic, so he changed it into the Grand Barony of Voltar on the 10th of June 2011, a Barony is the defunct term for an area of land governed by Baron.

On the 11th of June 2011 Baron William I became an Honorary Dale Citizen, and became a member of the European Union (Micronational).
On the 12th of June 2011 Baron William I deceld the Capital City would by Atherstone named after the Avenue he lived in as a boy.

14th of June Voltar signed the Dale City-Atherstone Treaty after King Danny Clarke I
Baron William I is planning to created a railway for Voltar.

On the 18th of June Voltar makes its first Pilgrimage to Walsingham, a place in England famed for having a repilca of the house in Gallalie where the Angel Gabriel told Mary about the Infant Jesus.

The Royal Standard is a flag version of the Keating (Voltarian) Coat of Arms, Baron William's personal flag is the Royal Standard with his Monogram B W meaning B for Baron and W as in William, being he is the first Baron of Voltar to use the name William he does not need to put his number down.

Nathanial Foster became the Prime Minister of Voltar on the 12th of July 2011

In July 2011 Baron William I started to assemble his government of which the image below is the flag.

On August the 15th 2011 I the national Coat of Arms was redesigned by the Baron but keep elements of the old one such as the same colours of the flag, the Liver Bird and the Holy Trinty, the shelid design is different, giving a nice contrated with the Liver Birds being opposite colours to their backgound.

Between the 25th and 29th of August information was added to the Voltar Page on MicroWiki so it would go up the Long Pages of MicroWiki going from the 300s to number 50 and beyond, simply to get to the same level of the Kingdom of the Dale Empire at number 14.

For around eight weeks Voltar had adpoted the Deseret Alphabet as alternative rewriting form, but the Baron has discontinued this after finding out what were the veiws of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saint.

Starting on Wensday the 7th of September 2011 a refernendom on whether to change the name of Voltar to Nosterland, Noster is Latin for Our so Nosterland means Our land.
On the 11th of October 2011 Voltar joined the Inter-Micronational Treaty Organization the succesor to the Triple Alliance which Voltar was once a menber of.
The Poll has ended and the Grand Barony will become a Kingdom and shall be called New Anglia with a new flag, Coat of Arms and New National Colours, the Offical change will be the 1st of January 2012...

External History and Foreign Relations

The first Micronation to be allied with Voltar was the Kingdom of the Dale Empire, one reason being that King Danny Clarke I is a Liverpool F. C. supporter and the Coat of Arms of Voltar contains the Liver Bird. These two nation started the E. U. (M) (European Union (Micronational), but became dispanded. Now the Dale Republic.

Goverment

Head of state: Baron William I

Prime Minister: Nathanial Foster

Minister of the Armed Froces: Lord Matt Elderkin

Minister of Trade: Jo Lee

The Monarchy is an Absolute Monarchy but Baron William feels to complete the thrid Cirtira of the Montevideo Convesion he would need a more phisycal Goverment them just himself, this may change after the Baron leaves school.

List of Prime Minister

Nathanial Foster (2011-...)

Morachy

The Monarchy of Voltar is young and the youngest of the family is the Baron, that is if his uncles don't have any children...

Culture

Economy

The Backnotes are so far the only phyical pieces of currency in Voltar as the nation does not have a mint to create the coins as descrided on the page that's link is below as well as there is no industry so there is no means of converting the currency to pounds, in effect the currency is inactive.